UK prime minister urges Israel to reconsider after Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet approves occupation
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Israel is wrong to approve plans to occupy Gaza City, Keir Starmer has said, and urged it to reconsider the offensive.
The UK prime minister’s intervention comes after Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet approved plans for a major escalation in the conflict.
The Israeli prime minister’s plan stops short of a full takeover of Gaza, as had been touted before of the war cabinet meeting.
